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Show ee ne WASATCH COUNTY DECEMBER 27, 2000 COURIER spree ting Dinos 5 z Pyper said. Carbon went into the break with a narrow two-pont lead, but Wasatch made some “Shalee is real strong and she works hard. You realiy have to be impressed with that,” Pyper said. “Liz is an offensive player. — she has great instincts. She always comes up with the big play.” Wasatch outrebounded thes Dies 26-12 and made 11 of 16 free throws—both key stats in the Wasps victory. “Between the two of those (stats), that nullified the home-court advantage,” Pyper. said. “They had some good shooters — but it seemed like they had some hometown refs,” Turner said. “But they couldn’ t stop Shalee, When she’s. on, she’s on.” Wasatch, now 81, will take on Milford this Friday in a battle of junior varsity squads. Milford-is coached by former Wasp guard Allison Thacker. ‘=“T wanted to be 9-0 right now, but I have a lot oi confidence in our team,” Turner. said. The varsity will be back in action January 2nd, when they host all-stater adjustments at the half and Warburton did- Jennie Hatch and the Scots of Ben Lomond n’t score another point. In fact, the Dinos: shot just 29 percent from the field, while in their last pre-season game of the year. Last year, Ben Lomond beat the Wasps in overtime — and Was atch will be looking for a little revenge. “It will be a challenge to stop her,” Pyper said. “But I thought we’d be 6-3 right now, so SPORTS EDITOR: ast Tuesday, it was the battle of ‘the big guns as the fourth ranked Lady Wasps took on the fifth ranked Carbon Dinos. Carbon came out on fire, but it was Wasatch who had the last laugh — winning 55-47. “We played really well the whole game,” Wasatch coach Roger Pyper said. “Carbon i is a tough place to play.” The Wasps were stifled early on- ep a. smothering Dino defense, and Carbon guard Chelsey Warburton knocked down four treys in the first half alone. “They came out and shot the ball well,” 5 Wasatch shot a blistering 51 percent for the game. Helping the. Wasps | cause was center Shalee Fackrell, who led all scorers with 19 points and 14 rebounds — while sophomore - \ eapepentiortr RUSSRIGGS. I feel good about where we are at.” Friday’s game will begin at 4:00 p.m. a eRe Liz Turner added 14 points. —— - Begin ThisSie -Kristalina Berg — Bt haste Drill Team- Other Sports/ Activities: Volleyball Favorite Music Group: Bing Crosby Christmas Music Favorite Movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Favorite Movie Star: Sandra Bullock ~ Favorite Athlete: Shelly pore: Favorite Sport: Drill Team Favorite Sports ‘Team: Brighton/ Hillcrest drill teams. Favorite Food: Hawaiian Haystacks Favorite School Subject: None | Person Who Has Influenced You the Most: Family Goals for the Future: Go to college at BYU and be a cougarette. Eventually get married and be a mom. Car You Wish seats You Had: Black Hummer with leather SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A spring bear hunt will be revived next year after a seven-year ban, the Utah Wildlife Board decided. . The experimental hunt starts in April in four of Utah’s 19 bear manage- Most of the bears diesioied by the | division are males. Because males gen- erally come out of their den earlier than females and range farther away, spring hunters are more likely to kill more potential livestock predators. ment units and will run for five years. So last year, the Utah Black Bear Only spring hunts will be allowed in those areas. Discussion Group, a 12-person coalition of biologists, hunters and animal _ Data will be gathered each year and compared with four other units with similar habitat and fall- only hunts. ‘That data will allow. wildlife managers to decide whether to keep the spring hunt or return to a fall-only. system, said Alan Clark, Wildlife Section chief. for the Division of Wildlife Resources. 3 “This is truly an. experiment,” he said. “That’s what a lot of people— both supporters and opponents — don’t realize.” | Clark said the spring bear hunt was dropped.in 1993 under pressure from ‘citizens concerned. about a high number of orphaned cubs. It is illegal to oe _a female bear with dependent ‘cubs, but if the cubs aren’t ‘visible, hunters may err. activists, suggested an experimental | bear hunt to see if it reduces the num- ber of livestock killed. The spring hunt will run April 14 to May 21 in the Wasatch Mountains and Wasatch Mountains West; the Current : -Creek-Avintaquin Gos ©: \ near. Strawberry Reservoir; the Nine Mile, Anthro-Range Creek Unit near Price; and the LaSal Mountains. Hunters will have to attend an orientation course that stresses the importance of not taking female bears. . Clark said Idaho and Wyoming have spring bear hunts, while Colorado does not. pe Uh _ Since then,.the number of bears who are killed by the division for attacking live- ‘stock or harassing humans ° ; JL . Ll i LUA ER — “We have to kill a lot of bears and we would justasoon have hunters take them if they } can without causing a problem _to the population,” he said. ae UB I has gone. up. This fall, hunters killed about 60 bears while division biologists had to kill about 40, Clark said. == })\ >» \} in a ; : i: | |